Boy, 3, falls to death in Sharjah

Athree-year-old Pakistani boy died on the spot after falling from the 14th floor of a building in Sharjah’s Al Taawun area on Monday. The incident was reported to Sharjah Police at around 6.30am by witnesses.

Police investigations revealed that the boy had climbed on a bed placed under the window. The child’s parents are being questioned on suspicion of negligence.

A police official told Gulf News that the boy was sleeping when the mother went downstairs to drop her other children to the school bus. She had left the window open. The boy woke up and when he did not find his mother, he got on to the bed under the window.

Police urged the public to regularly lock windows and to place aluminium barriers on them to prevent children from falling out. People should also take care to store dangerous chemicals out of reach of children.